Text Messages & Cell Phones

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If you doubt that cell phones and text messaging is a perfect way to reach people, check this out.

  • "The typical U.S. mobile subscriber sends and receives more SMS text messages than telephone calls," according to research released by Nielsen Mobile in 2008. (Source)
  • Other research from 2009 states that the average teenager (ages 13 to 17) sends are receives an average 96 text messages every day. And these figures only continue to climb. (Source)
  • "SMS (short message services), or text messages, reached 4.2 billion standard rate transactions in the U.S. on AT&T and Verizon in Q2 2009." 4.2 billion in just two of the cell phone networks. Text messaging is becoming a standard medium for quick, short communication. (Source)
  • Barack Obama's presidential campaign drew alot of attention to text messaging. Nielsen estimates that the text-message announcement of Joe Biden as running mate was received by 2.9 million cell phone users.
  • Cellular phones are so proflic today that many people are going without traditional land-lines. "While an overwhelming majority, 88%, of U.S. households have a wireless phone in 2009. In the second quarter of 2009, over one in five households reported they are wireless cellular only—an increase of 16% from the past year." (Source)

How ShortShout Works

Sign Up!
The sign-up process is simple and quick. Once you use our online form to tell us about your group, we will get you up and running in no time. You will be given a website link to distribute to your group. Send this out to everyone in your organization or group to help build your list of subscribers. You will also be able to buy text messages to send, as well. Our per-message rates are some of the lowest you’ll find. Buy as many or little messages as you need.

Send Messages
When you want to send a message simply login to your account, type it up and send it away. You can also give other people accounts to send messages for you. It really is that easy. If you want to send the message to only a select few or a specific list people, you can do that, too. But honestly there isn’t much to say here.

Stay Connected
The ShortShout text messaging service may be beneficial to you as you administer your group but it will be even more valuable to those who receive the messages. Imagine being out-of-the-loop and receiving instant updates and notices of cancelations or postponements. Imagine being absent-minded and getting reminder messages a few hours before an event. ShortShout makes business and life easier for everyone involved.

Try ShortShout text messaging and keep your group connected. Creating an account is Free.